Frank Lampard is now only two goals behind Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer Bobby Tambling

Lampard just loves scoring against his old club and hit another milestone with his latest strike against them, notching his 200th goal for Chelsea.

Every one of those has just served to underline what the Hammers have missed since he quit the club to join the Blues in an £11m transfer in 2001.

Lampard is now only two goals behind Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer Bobby Tambling – and missed enough chances yesterday to have broken that record.

As he celebrated his opener in front of the Hammers fans, he was pelted with missiles by a set of supporters who have never liked him.

Terry too is a former West Ham youth player – and it was partly his fault that things turned nasty in what turned out to be a tame District Line derby on the pitch.

The England defender always takes abuse from Hammers fans and never shies away from giving some back.

But this time he managed it before he even made it on to the pitch, responding to the usual taunts about his family by showing them his backside as he was warming up.

Then when Lampard scored he sprinted down the touchline to celebrate right in front of them, provoking the hail of objects which followed.

You’d think West Ham fans would keep quiet. But the usual chants about Terry’s mum and Lampard’s supposedly ballooning waistline just seemed to get the pair going.

Eden Hazard added insult to injury for the Hammers by hitting a second shortly after the break to take Chelsea back above Tottenham into third in the table.

As for the Hammers, they have now taken just one point from their last SEVEN visits to Stamford Bridge since they won here in 2002 with two goals from Paolo Di Canio. A happy hunting ground it is not.

West Ham should have been fresh after coming into the game following a two-week break. In that time, Chelsea had played three times, most recently in Thursday’s win over Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League.

The Blues are going to have to cope with the fatigue factor – and have a gruelling spell of six games in 16 days after the international break.

They looked anything but tired at the start of this match, though, roaring out of the blocks to put the visitors firmly on the back foot.

Benitez freshened things up by replacing Torres – who hit the winner against Steaua – with Demba Ba and also recalled Lampard, Gary Cahill and Victor Moses.

But Ba was responsible for a horrible miss with just six minutes gone as Ramires split the Hammers back four with a pinpoint through ball to put him clear.

It looked a certain goal but with only Jussi Jaaskelainen to beat, Ba laced his shot about a mile wide of the target.

When these two teams last met in December, Chelsea took the lead before falling apart in the second half to lose 3-1.

And the Blues opened the scoring again – but only after some real pantomime stuff from Terry and the Hammers fans.

The Chelsea defender rightly took exception to the unsavoury chants about his family. But the way he responded was provocative, childish and unnecessary.

So it was no surprise when the missiles rained down after Lampard headed home Hazard’s cross from the edge of the box.

The trouble was, the whole incident could so easily have been avoided – and it totally took the gloss off Lampard’s achievement.

The man has scored 12 Premier League goals this season alone, putting both Torres and Ba to shame. Those two only have nine league goals for Chelsea between them.

Ba continued to miss chances, with Jaaskelainen inspired in goal, while Andy Carroll had a strike ruled out at the other end for a clear push on David Luiz.

Chelsea were in complete control by the time Hazard made it two, cutting inside a feeble attempt at a tackle from Winston Reid to bury a low shot past Jaaskelainen in the 50th minute.

The Hammers barely threatened until seven minutes to go when substitute Carlton Cole stabbed a cross from Matt Jarvis goalwards – but Petr Cech got down well to hold on.

Lampard should have grabbed his second when Oscar picked him out with a cut-back eight yards from goal but he spooned his shot high over the bar.

In the end it did not matter as Chelsea held on for a comfortable win.

But this was a lifeless performance from West Ham, who are still not safe from the drop and must improve if they want to avoid a white-knuckle end to the campaign. 200th goal sparks ugly scenes at Bridge.